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17:45, 9 July 2026

36 thousand residents of Dagestan are without electricity due to bad weather.

Power supply to more than 60 settlements has been disrupted in Dagestan due to heavy rains. A state of emergency has been declared in the Gergebil district of Dagestan due to flooding.

16:59, 9 July 2026

The sentence of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was upheld in the cassation court.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the sentence of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

Kurban Dalgatov. Photo: Chernovik https://chernovik.net/news/god-nazad-v-sovetskom-rovd-makhachkaly-byl-ubit-kurban-dalgatov-sledstvie-prodolzhaetsya

15:58, 9 July 2026

The defendants in the Dalgatov case refused the online broadcast of the hearings.

The court in Makhachkala has started to reconsider the case of the death of Kurban Dalgatov in the police department from scratch for the second time. One of the defendants suggested conducting an online broadcast of the hearings, but most of his former colleagues refused. If they do not admit guilt and are ready to prove their innocence regarding Dalgatov's death, why are they protesting against the broadcasts, wondered the head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan.

14:58, 9 July 2026

Employees of "Araratcement" achieved the reopening of the enterprise.

Employees of the factory "Araratcement", owned by the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, Gagik Tsarukyan, demanded to reopen the enterprise, which had been sealed for several days. The factory director, after negotiations with the security forces, reported that he received permission to resume operations. Pashinyan threatened to fire employees of the enterprise for participating in protests.

Ibrahim Baibulatov. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DX-HDDgDt-s/ belongs to Meta, a company whose activities are banned in Russia.

13:58, 9 July 2026

Baibulatov's defense considered the extension of the arrest unlawful.

The former head of the traffic police of the Khasavyurt district, Ibrahim Baibulatov, has had his arrest extended in a bribery case, while two other traffic police officers accused of bribery and extortion remain under house arrest. No investigative actions are being conducted, and the extension of the arrest contradicts the position of the Supreme Court, the defense stated.

12:58, 9 July 2026

The Commissioner of the Council of Europe requested explanations from Baku regarding the case of Afghan Sadigov.

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Michael O'Flaherty, called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to provide information on the reasons for the resumption of the criminal case against journalist Afghan Sadigov. He noted that pre-trial detention should be applied as an exceptional measure. The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office stated that the journalist's case is related to criminal charges and has nothing to do with his activities.

11:58, 9 July 2026

Satellite monitoring has recorded a leak from the sunken tanker near Anapa.

A leak of oil products has resumed from the sunken bow section of the tanker "Volgoneft-239" in the Kerch Strait, as evidenced by satellite images. The leak may be related to the increase in water temperature and the work on pumping out fuel oil from the tankers.

10:58, 9 July 2026

Dozens of residents of Dagestan have been evacuated after flooding in two villages.

Residents of 13 houses in the village of Majalis have been evacuated due to damage to the dam. About 30 people were evacuated to the village of Tashkapur due to the river overflowing its banks.

Tankers in the bay. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

10:05, 9 July 2026

The tankers in the Taganrog Bay were attacked by UAVs for the second night in a row.

Two tankers caught fire in the Taganrog Bay after a drone attack.

09:07, 9 July 2026

Detained member of the "Prosperous Armenia" party Arekhnaz Manukyan

The Investigative Committee of Armenia stated that Arekhnaz Manukyan has been detained for subsequent transfer to court.

08:04, 9 July 2026

Evacuation was needed for the residents of the village in Stavropol after a UAV raid.

A fire at an industrial site in the village of Vyazniki in the Stavropol Krai occurred as a result of a drone attack.

07:08, 9 July 2026

Azerbaijani lawyer Gahramanov linked his case to his professional activities.

The Ganja Serious Crimes Court has begun hearing the criminal case of lawyer Zabil Gahramanov. The defense insists on terminating the case due to lack of evidence of a crime or transferring the accused to house arrest, claiming that his prosecution is related to his professional activities.

Frame from the video appeal of the residents of Vodny to the head of the Investigative Committee. https://dzen.ru/video/watch/6a4a03ef5ec2671d975d4fa6

06:08, 9 July 2026

Residents of the Volgograd village called the water supply problem unresolved.

An appeal to Alexander Bastrykin did not help the residents of the Volgograd village of Vodny solve the water supply problem: there is only one functioning well left in the microdistrict, which is not enough to fill the networks. The city hall stated that the restoration work is "close to completion."

05:10, 9 July 2026

Five servicemen from Krasnodar Krai were killed in Ukraine

Taulan Klimov, Suren Torosyan, and three of their fellow countrymen from Tuapse were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 869 killed combatants from Kuban.

Alla Soboleva. Illustration created by "Caucasian Knot" using AI in the Copilot program.

04:15, 9 July 2026

Alla Soboleva appealed the verdict in the case of extortion from the developer.

The deceived co-investor Alla Soboleva appealed the verdict of the Sochi court, which sentenced her to seven and a half years in prison for extorting housing from the developer. Soboleva was left without a lawyer by agreement, and her daughter cannot obtain a passport and go to her grandmother.

03:16, 9 July 2026

A resident of Dagestan received a sentence for involvement with militants in Syria.

A court in Dagestan sentenced local resident Khalipat Salavatova to six years in prison for participating in an illegal armed formation in Syria, but postponed the execution of the sentence until her child turns 14.

02:17, 9 July 2026

A resident of Dagestan was convicted of financing a banned organization.

The court in Dagestanskie Ogni sentenced local resident Sabir Murtuzaliev to a monetary fine for financing an organization recognized as extremist in Russia.

Displaced persons in the Jebrail district. Screenshot from Report.Az dated 06.07.26, https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-shyukyurbejli-dzhebrailskogo-rajona-otpravlena-ocherednaya-gruppa-pereselencev#gallery_484be79bd56e39e069dcf4f63dfeee45-1

01:18, 9 July 2026

The prospects for displaced persons in Karabakh have interested social media users.

Authorities are building houses, roads, and schools, but the issue of employment in Azerbaijani villages in Karabakh, where displaced persons are returning, has raised questions among social media users. The plots of new houses are small, and analysts pointed out that a land reform is necessary for the development of private farms and the settlements themselves.

00:54, 9 July 2026

A resident of Stavropol is suspected of creating a cell of "Citizens of the USSR"*

A criminal case has been initiated against a 62-year-old resident of Stavropol, who was suspected by law enforcement of organizing a local branch of a banned extremist organization in Russia.

23:58, 8 July 2026

Participant of the miners' protests in Chiatura sentenced for insulting the judge

The convict for beating the director of the mine, participant of the miners' protests in Chiatura, Georgy Neparidze from Shukruti, has been sentenced to one and a half years of imprisonment for insulting the judge.

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